Hospitals Nearing Full Capacity, Running Out Of Ventilators
Hospitals across the country have nearly reached full capacity as the number of Covid-19 patients who need to be treated in isolation continues to grow.
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A medical officer escorting a Covid-19 patient to the emergency hospital of Wisma Atlet Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Saturday (9/1/2021). The rate of transmission of Covid-19 has increased and it is feared that the referral hospital for treatment of Covid-19 patients will no longer be able to accommodate new patients.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Hospitals across the country have nearly reached full capacity as the number of Covid-19 patients who need to be treated in isolation continues to grow. The rate of Covid-19 transmission has also increased in the country, with Indonesia’s positivity rate reaching a record-breaking 30.36 percent.
The Covid-19 handling task force reported 9,640 new confirmed Covid-19 cases on Sunday (10/1/2020), bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 828,026. With 31,743 people tested, the country’s positivity rate stood at 31.37 percent, which means that one in three people tested are tested positive for the disease.